Home Businesses on A Tight Budget - Part 8

Our home business series is back!! I got a huge number of enquiries on this topic so I know we need to keep seeking them out and sharing ideas till you can find the right one for you!

So this is something for the incessant pings, status updates and profile changes

Our home business opportunity for today is.........

Creating Jobs from Work

'There are no jobs joo!'

'Ah ah, I've filled hundreds of applications and haven't heard anything. Again I say there are no jobs!'

This is the major line being used in the ever popular conversation on job hunting in Nigeria and many other countries I would imagine. On the one hand we have those who say, 'The economy is doomed.' 'Young people are coming out of school faster than the government can generate jobs for them.' 'It's not fair.' 'What are the poor children supposed to do?' 

Then you have the equally important group who say work and jobs are not too far apart. 'There might be no jobs but we are overrun by work being left undone!!'

My take is - Its a catch 22......

Events on My Radar - iCamp 2013 (July to Sept 2013)

Found this really cool event being organised by the Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN) association with Etisalat.

iCamp is a 6 week ICT Summer Online Camp for Secondary School Students. It's such a cool concept because it can be done form any part of the world, all you need is a computer and an internet connection for about 30 minutes each day from Monday to Friday. All the details on registration requirements, payments and course content are on their website but you can get a quick summary from the video here:

Who Created Your Job?

Following the TED talk from my last post, The Rich and Job Creation, I got to thinking....

The assumption on job creation is that somehow the super rich have all the answers. That the rich owe it to the rest of the population to create opportunities for others to take advantage of. In the African context however, how many jobs can Aliko Dangote create? He is a tremendously rich industrialist no doubt, but in relation to the 160 million (and counting) people in Nigeria, exactly how much of an impact would a single man have on the bottom line? Okay, lets play fair. If all the super rich individuals in Nigeria were put together, how many jobs would they create? So going by the Forbes List, the likes of Mike Adenuga, Jim Ovia, Folorunsho Alakija and the six other juggernauts could drum up a good number of jobs. A really good number. But not nearly enough.......

The Rich and Job Creation

This youtube link of a TED presentation was sent to me on twitter and I was intrigued because it said to have been banned. Now I understand why. Please continue....

Events On My Radar - LFDW

These are some events that could be anything from conferences, seminars, training programmes, shows, fairs and general events to book readings. If it adds value, I'll find it and put it up. Be sure to check regularly for location updates, fixed dates and registration details.

In the business of Fashion and Lifestyle? Keep going....

Back and Better!

Hello everyone!

It's been a while. I took sometime off to think.....and take some of my own advice. ;)

I'm so grateful to all those who checked in, sent emails and dropped a line during my time away. It was most heart warming. Thanks a million!

It feels so good to be back!!

Enough said. Let's Do This!